Folding rack for poultry, &amp;c.



No. s'58,159.

PATEN'IBD-- JUNE 25, 1907.

P. H. DEIS.' FOLDINGl RACK PoR POULTRY, m.

APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 27;` 1907.

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No. 858,159. PATENTBD JUNE 25, 1907. P. H. DBIs.

, FOLDING RACK POR BOULTRY, 6m.

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BY 17 @i Z2 ggg l p TTURNEYS,

PHILIP H. DEIS, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

FOLDING RACK FOR POULTRY, 62.0.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25, 1907.

l Application Iilcd February 27,1907. Serial No. 359.664.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP H. DEIs, a citizen of thev United States, residing in Washington, District of Columbia, have invented Acert ain new and useful Improvements in Folding Racks for Poultry, &c. g and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

In devising the rack herein set forth, I have had particularly in view, among other objects, to provide a means for displaying poultry, meats, etc., and for holding articles of various kinds, which shall not only make an attractive store 'fixture but shall be capable of readily folding into convenient and compact form for moving about or storing4 away, if necessary, be readily capable of being kept in a clean and sanitary condition, be strong and durable and relatively ineX- pensive in construction, and adjustable as to certain of its parts so as to accommodate different numbers of articles supported while displaying them to the best advantage.

My invention will be found fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein,

Figure 1 is a side view of the rack; Fig. 2 a horizontal sectional view in the plane of one of certain sleeves when the folding arms connected with said sleeve are extended Fig. 3 is a detail showing the bag or paper holding skewer,` Figs. 4, 5 and 6 show various forms of suspending devices carried by said arms; and, Fig. 7 illustrates how the arms and their accessories may be counterbalanced where the construction renders the same desirable or necessary.

In these drawings@ designates a tubula upright and l) a suitable stand or bracket in which said upright may be revolubly mounted, it being contemplated to make the rack capable ofturning so that the articles may be conveniently placed thereon and removed therefrom; the lower end of the upright projects down into the stand an-d may directly rest on an anti-friction device ccarried by the stand, the upright having a flange d which seats on said anti-friction device. The upright is preferably surmounted by a receptacle e for a ball of twine f, which receptacle may form a convenient medium, as shown,

for displaying advertisements. On the upright are arranged sfeeves g which fit snuglybut slide freely thereon, `and each of said sleeves is surrounded by a collar 7L provided with pairsrof radial spaced ears t, the collars Y being brazed or shrunk onto the sleeves or otherwise permanently secured thereto so as to be practically integral therewith.

y' designates arms having an inverted T- shaped cross-section for substantially their whole length, the inner end-portions thereof, however, being left flat or plain. Each arm is pivotally connected with one of the sleeves by having its inner or plain end inserted between two of the ears t and a pin lf passed through it and the ears. y

Z denotes other sleeves brazed or shrunk onto the upright (being thus non-slidable) and m other collars brazed or shrunk onto said sleeves and having pairs of radial spaced ears n. Each arm has formed on its top side a pair of spaced ears o. The arms are connected with the upright in such manner that when the sleeves g are moved up or down the arms unfold or fold, respectively, through the medium of links or braces p which have their ends inserted between the ears n and o of the sleeves Z and the arms, respectively, and pivotally held therein by pins g. It will be understood that according to the strength of the arms and the weight which they may have to sustain, the ears 0 may be disposed or formed at different distances from the free ends of the arms so that the latter may derive support through the braces to the best advantage.

On the arms are arranged suspending devices such as, for instance, of the typesshown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6; in each of these devices there is a body part r having an inverted T-shaped slot s in the top thereof, whereby said devices may be slid onto the arms and sustained thereby, and carrying a downwardly projecting thumb-screw s whereby,

lwhen the suspending devices have been placed on the arms and disposed in any desired arrangement, they may be securely held where adjusted. By making the inner ends of the arms plain or ilat, as above described,

the suspending devices may be placed on the arms or removed therefrom at both ends of its T-Shaped portion.

In Fig. 4 the suspending device is shown as having a double sharpened hook t for meats and the like in Fig. 5, as having a double forked hook u for sustaining poultry or the IIC like, the legs of the fowls being intended to be received between the prongs of the hook 5 and in Fig. 6, as having plain hooks t for holding hats, coats and other similar articles.

When the arms are extended they stand, say, horizontally and they are held in this position by the following means: A tubular holder w is screwed into each sleeve g, and in this holder is arranged a locking-pin a: having a knob or button y at its outer end and its inner end adapted to enter a hole .e (of which there are two, one for each sleeve g) when the arms are properly extended; a spiral spring 1 is coiled about the pinand bears at its ends against shoulders 2 and 3 on the inside of the holder and on the pin. Ihen the arms are properly extended the pin snaps into the hole z and locks the parts in that position; when the arms are to be folded, the pin is drawn out sufficiently to clear the hole.

In Fig. 1 is shown a means for holding paper bags or wrapping paper and for guiding the cordf. Here 4 is a cylindrical socket permanently secured to one of the arms at the free end thereof and. 5 a skewer having a knife-shaped cross-section; (Fig. 3) and arranged in and projecting from said socket; the skewer slides in the socket and is normally retracted by a spiral spring 6 coiled about it within the socket and interposed between shoulders 7 and S formed on the skewer and the inside of the socket, respectively. By means of a thumb-screw 9 the skewer may be held more or less projected temporarily. A button 10 provided with a guiding eyelet 11 for the cord f may be removably secured on the sharpened free end of the skewer by means of a thumb-screw 12. This buttonboth sheathes the sharpened end of the skewer and, when paper bags or sheets of wrapping paper have been placed thereon and the skewer released by easing the thumbscrew 9 so that the spring will retract it, acts as a Jfollower to clamp the bags or sheets between itself and the end of the socket 4 and maintain the bags or sheets in a neat and compact form. Since the skewer has a knifelike cross-section, its cutting edge being up, the bags or sheets may be readily removed therefrom by drawing downwardly on them without tearing them and scattering fragments of paper about.

It will be observed that the braces p, by extending upwardly from the arms and also by being connected therewith substantially midway the length thereof suspend said arms during the opening and closing operations; this makes it easier to open and close the arms than it would be if the braces extended 'downwardly from the arms, and besides leaves a clear space beneath for the articles hung from the arm.

In the larger sizes of the rack where the weight of the arms and their accessories may make it desirable the same may be counterbalanced by a weight 13 movable vertically in the upright and connected with a pin 14 carried by the sleeve g by a cord or other flexible device 15 which runs over a pulley 16 journaled inside of the upright; the pin extends through the upright and rits up and down movement may be permitted by a slot 17 in the upright.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

In a folding rack, the combination of a tubular upright, radial sustaining arms, braces pivotally connected with said arms, means for pivotally connecting said braces with the upright, a sleeve arranged on said upright and movable longitudinally thereof, said arms being pivotally connected with the sleeve and said upright being vertically slotted, a pin carried by said sleeve and extending through the slot of said upright, a pulley journaled in said upright, a weight arranged to move in said upright, and a flexible connection between said pin and the weight, said connection being extended over the pulley.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand this 26th day of February, 1907.

PHILIP H. DEIS. `Witnesses JOHN W. STEWARD, WM. D. BELL. 

